*Pre-order* Main, Middle & Gay: A Chef Finds His Place in the World Against All Odds (Patrick O'Connell) Flanders Authors Gerard and Mary Aflague

Authors Gerard and Mary Aflague

Known for inventing the Mai Tai in 1944

The 1920s were a time of diet and nutrition advances and curiosity

There is no one right way to make an Espresso Martini or a Mai Tai—but with this book’s guidance

and bursting with flavor

*Pre-order* Main, Middle & Gay: A Chef Finds His Place in the World Against All Odds (Patrick O'Connell) Flanders Authors Gerard and Mary AflagueExpected September 15, 2026. Available for pre order now! The chef and founder of the Michelin starred restaurant The Inn at Little Washington gives us an inside look at the tumultuous joys and struggles that have brought him to his special place at the intersection of Main, Middle, and Gay. World renowned chef Patrick OConnell has been recognized as a pioneer of American cuisine; his internationally acclaimed restaurant in the Virginia countryside,